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High RHSA-2021:3666 8 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: nodejs:14 security and bug fix update

Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated Oct 14, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 9

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream nodejs 1:14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream nodejs-debuginfo 1:14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream nodejs-debugsource 1:14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream nodejs-devel 1:14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream nodejs-docs 1:14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream nodejs-full-i18n 1:14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream nodejs-nodemon 0:2.0.3-1.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream nodejs-packaging 0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream npm 1:6.14.14-1.14.17.5.1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58

Vulnerabilities 8

  • High 8.2
    CVE-2021-32803

    Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via insufficient symlink protection due to directory cache poisoning

    The npm package "tar" (aka node-tar) before versions 6.1.2, 5.0.7, 4.4.15, and 3.2.3 has an arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite vulnerability via insufficient symlink protection. `node-tar` aims to guarantee that any file whose location would be modified by a s…

    npm node-tar tar node-tar Debian Ubuntu npm
  • High 8.2
    CVE-2021-32804 Public exploit EPSS 15%

    Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite due to insufficient absolute path sanitization

    The npm package "tar" (aka node-tar) before versions 6.1.1, 5.0.6, 4.4.14, and 3.3.2 has a arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite vulnerability due to insufficient absolute path sanitization. node-tar aims to prevent extraction of absolute file paths by turning ab…

    npm node-tar tar node-tar Debian Ubuntu npm
  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2021-23343

    Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

    All versions of package path-parse are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe, and splitPathRe regular expressions. ReDoS exhibits polynomial worst-case time complexity.

    path-parse npm
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2021-22930 EPSS 36%

    Node.js before 16.6.0, 14.17.4, and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to…

    Node.js node nodejs nodejs Debian Azure Linux Alpine
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2021-22931 EPSS 22%

    Node.js before 16.6.0, 14.17.4, and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution, XSS, Application crashes due to mis…

    Node.js node nodejs nodejs Azure Linux Alpine
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2021-22939 EPSS 15%

    If the Node.js https API was used incorrectly and "undefined" was in passed for the "rejectUnauthorized" parameter, no …

    Node.js node nodejs nodejs Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2021-22940 EPSS 14%

    Node.js before 16.6.1, 14.17.5, and 12.22.5 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to…

    Node.js node nodejs nodejs Debian Azure Linux
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2021-3672

    A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS (Domain Name S…

    nodejs nodejs-current ceph c-ares Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

References

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    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956818
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1988342
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1988394
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1990409
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1990415
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1993019
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1993029
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1993039
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1993924
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2021/rhsa-2021_3666.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3672
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3672
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3672
  • article
    https://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20210810.html
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22930
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22930
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22930
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22931
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22931
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22931
  • article
    https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/aug-2021-security-releases/
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22939
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22939
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22939
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22940
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22940
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22940
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23343
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23343
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23343
  • article
    https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PATHPARSE-1077067
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32803
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32803
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32803
  • article
    https://github.com/npm/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-r628-mhmh-qjhw
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32804
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32804
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32804